Robert Strang (physician)

Robert Strang is a Canadian physician and a chief medical officer in the province of Nova Scotia.

Dr. Robert Strang
NationalityCanada
EducationUniversity of British Columbia
OccupationChief Medical Officer of Health (CMO), Nova Scotia
Known forCMO during COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia

Education

He received a medical degree from University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1990 and completed family practice residency in 1992 and community medicine residency in 1997 at UBC[1]. He also received from UBC a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Physical Education.[2]

Career

From 1997 to 1999, Strang was an Associate Medical Officer of Health in the Canadian province of British Columbia.[1] In 1999, he relocated to the other side of the country, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he became the Medical Officer of Health of Capital District Health Authority[1], the largest health authority of the province, later merged into the new Nova Scotia Health Authority. He held the position until 2007.[2]

Chief Medical Officer of Health of Nova Scotia

In 2007, Strang was appointed Chief Public Health Official of Nova Scotia. He was announced in that newly created role on 23 August 2007.[2] The position was renamed Chief medical officer of Health by the province in late 2016.In that role, Strang has been an anti-smoking advocate and an outspoken critic of pseudoscience[3] and misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]In 2018, he was with Theresa Tam the co-chair of the special advisory committee on the epidemic of opioid overdoses in Canada.[5]

COVID-19 pandemic

Since 15 March 2020, he has provided daily updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia. Strang became Nova Scotia's public health lead communicator on matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia. In daily press conferences, he provides updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health effort to respond to it.[6]

Personal life

A married father of three, Robert Strang has been living in Nova Scotia since 1999 and is a resident of the Halifax Regional Municipality.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Dr. Robert Strang". Pan-Canadian Public Health Network. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "Chief Public Health Officer Announced" (Press release). Government of Nova Scotia. Health Promotion and Protection. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  3. Valiante, Giuseppe (2020-03-23). "A new star is born: Canada's chief medical officers offer clarity in age of coronavirus". The Canadian Press. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  4. "N.S. government warns of 'unscrupulous people' providing misinformation amid COVID-19". CBC.ca. CBC. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. Strang, Robert (September 2018). "Commentary - Broadening our understanding of Canada's epidemics of pharmaceutical and contaminated street drug opioid-related overdoses". Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada : Research, Policy and Practice. 38 (9): 309–310. doi:10.24095/hpcdp.38.9.01. PMC 6169702. PMID 30226723.
  6. Vibert, Jim (20 March 2020). "McNeil, Strang providing Nova Scotians with needed leadership". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  7. Palmeter, Peter (30 March 2020). "Fall River neighbours honour Robert Strang for leading the charge against COVID-19". CBC.ca. CBC. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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